RE: [syndication] RSS Modularization Demonstration

["David Galbraith" <david@moreover.com>]

So I guess next steps are to work out a core set of modules and how they are
managed.
DG

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rael Dornfest [mailto:rael@oreilly.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:55 PM
> To: syndication@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [syndication] RSS Modularization Demonstration
>
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Stephen Downes wrote:
>
> > I think it's very elegant. I could name a half dozen modules which
> > should be candidates for inclusion. But what's better - we don't have
> > to agree on these modules, just on how to point to them.
>
> Yes, that's the beauty of using namespaces; we don't have to reinvent the
> core RSS spec each time we want to add fun(ctionality).
>
> I do, however, want to stress the value of consensus on module purpose and
> makeup in order to ensure interoperability.
>
> Not that I'm raining on anyone's inventive parade, mind you.  Ad hoc
> modules have their place (intra-corporate syndication, for example).  But
> in order for folks to build parsers that take full advantage of much of
> the metadata being syndicated, they have to have some idea of what to look
> for.
>
> A standard module registry, I believe, is very much in order.  An example
> is the "XMTML Abstract Modules" page[1] at the W3C.  Something a little
> more dynamic (read: DB Weblication with discussion and voting
> capabilities) would be another way to do it.
>
> > I appreciated the demonstration, which animates the concept very
> > nicely.
>
> Such was my intent.  There's sometimes quite a bit of abstract
> discussion assuming, sometimes incorrectly, that everyone's on the
> same page and knows what we're talking about.  A picture, especially
> in discussion of technical specifications, is indeed worth a thousand
> words (or emails ;-) and can dramatically reduce the barrier to
> entry for the uninitiated.
>
> Rael
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/xhtml_modules.html
>
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